Carol Bartz

Yahoo Inc.'s ex-CEO Carol Bartz was incorrectly referred to as Mr. Bartz on second reference rather than Ms. Bartz in a Marketplace article Wednesday. Current Ford Focus models sold in the U.S. don't use turbochargers to improve performance and mileage.  

Yang ceded the Yahoo! helm to Carol Bartz, whose efforts to turn the company around were cut short when she was fired in September, prompting her to describe the company's board as "doofuses". Since Bartz stepped down as chief executive ...  

His decision-making came under scrutiny again in early 2009 when he and the rest of the board hired Carol Bartz as CEO in early 2009. Although she was well respected for per previous success in computer software, Bartz had no previous experience in online ...  

After Yahoo announced it poached Scott Thompson from PayPal to become CEO, our snap reaction centered on the fact that he had zero media, content, or advertising experience. Considering the fact that Yahoo is basically a media company at this point, we thought it was strange to hire someone who knew nothing about the business. Sure, he's in the tech business, but he's not in the same sort of tech business as Yahoo. This happened when Yahoo...  

Did incoming Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson get a bum deal? According to late Friday regulatory filing, Yahoo's giving its newest top executive a total compensation package of $27 million. On paper, that sounds like quite a bump for the former president of eBay ...  

Internet giant fired CEO Carol Bartz in September and has struggled to compete with rivals Facebook and GoogleYahoo has tapped PayPal boss Scott Thompson as its new CEO, effective January 9, the troubled internet giant has announced.Yahoo fired Carol Bartz, its last chief executive, in September and has been undergoing a strategic review as the business has struggled to compete with Google and Facebook. After Bartz's controversial ouster...  

The sunset celebration will feature libations, hors d'oeuvres and music, organizer Carol Bartz said. "It's a chance to pull some money together and have a fun evening," Bartz said. "We just want to spruce up that area when you first walk in ...  

Four months after chief executive Carol Bartz was let go, Yahoo Inc. (Nasdaq: YHOO) appointed new CEO Scott Thompson to salvage the sinking Internet company and do something Bartz couldn't - win shareholder support. Thompson, most recently president of eBay Inc.'s (Nasdaq: EBAY) PayPal unit, is taking over the lead role. Yahoo is in dire need of new strategies to increase site traffic and attract advertisers if it hopes to defend...  

The persisting malaise led to the firing of Carol Bartz as CEO four months ago. Sunnyvale, Calif.-based Yahoo Inc. recently replaced Bartz with PayPal executive Scott Thompson, anointing him the fourth CEO in less than five years to try to snap ...  

Executives get fired every day, but few of them make international headlines. The exception: Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz. In September 2011, Bartz sent a mass email to Yahoo employees saying she had been fired over the phone. “I am very sad to tell ...  

Investor anger over his handling of the Microsoft negotiations led to Yang's resignation as CEO in late 2008 and the hiring of Silicon Valley veteran Carol Bartz to replace him. Bartz and Yang had gotten to know each other as part of Cisco ...  

The search for Carol Bartz's successor is finally over ... The Right Skill Set Greg Sterling, principal analyst at Sterling Market Intelligence, is surprised Yahoo appointed Thompson CEO. That said, Sterling said Thompson has the mix of skills, including ...  

New Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson may be getting ready to put his own stamp on the company with a shakeup of its product unit and hiring some new top executives. AllThingsD reports that changes are on the way at the unit run by Chief Product Officer Blake ...  

A month after naming a new CEO, Yahoo shook up its board Tuesday in a move to reinvigorate its business and possibly accelerate attempts to find a buyer. The Sunnyvale, Calif.-based company said longtime Chairman Roy Bostock and three other board members ...  

Discussions had "completely halted" after negotiators from Yahoo -- whose Chairman Roy Bostock is due to step down and whose CEO Scott Thompson is barely a month into the job -- changed tack on what they wanted from the deal, AllThingsDigital ...